2:12 AM,
Nov. 6, 2013

Pittsburgh Pirates Hall of Fame second baseman Bill Mazeroski (9) and shortstop Gene Alley (14), members of the World Series Champion 1971 Pirates, participated in a celebration of the 40th anniversary of the win over the Baltimore Orioles before a game in June 2011.

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Jonathan Lintner
jlintner@courier-journal.com

The only baseball bat to ever hit a Game 7, walk-off home run in the World Series goes up for auction this weekend at the Louisville Slugger Museum and Factory.

Former Pittsburgh Pirates second basemanBill Mazeroski finds it funny he even held onto that Louisville Slugger S2 model, with its thin handle and a feel he said no other bat could match.

"Back in those days, we never thought of keeping anything like that," said Mazeroski, a 2001 inductee into the Baseball Hall of Fame. "I would have left it in the batting rack and used it next year, but the guy from Chicago that did this stuff - bronzed it - ...